Nagaland Power Department Proposes 5% Hike in Electricity Tariff for 2025-26

DIMAPUR: The Department of Power Nagaland (DoPN) has proposed a hike in energy tariff once again. The DoPN submitted its annual “Tariff Proposal” for revising the existing electricity tariff to the Nagaland Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for the financial year 2025-26 on December 17, 2024.

The proposal was submitted along with the “Aggregate Revenue Requirement” (ARR) for the “5-Year Multi-Year Tariff” (MYT). The DoPN subsequently publicly notified the same, as published in the news, on January 30, inviting suggestions and objections from the consumers before February 10, 2025.

In the domestic postpaid category, which accounts for the major bulk of consumers, the department has proposed a hike of around 5 percent. To put it into monetary figures, a ‘Domestic’ consumer that was paying Rs 1987.5 for 300 units a month, as per the prevailing 2024-25 tariff, would have to pay Rs 2087.5 for the same quantum of consumption in 2025-26.

‘Bulk’ category consumers would have to pay Rs 2280 for 300 units as opposed to Rs 2175 in the prevailing regime. Consumers living in rented apartment buildings, who share an independent or private distribution transformer, are clubbed under the ‘Bulk’ category. For comparing the prices in these two categories, 300 units were set as the basis.

Consumers clubbed in the industrial postpaid category, who were paying Rs 44,325 for 6000 units a month, would have to pay Rs 46,700.

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